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In 2025, Hip-Hop Died and Was Reborn

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Claims that hip-hop is dead have been ricocheting for decades, but on October 29th, Billboard reported that there were exactly zero rap songs in the top 40 of the Hot 100 chart, for the first time since February 1990. The drought arrived after Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s long-reigning hit “Luther” was quietly removed under Billboard‘s updated chart rules, which now eject older songs more aggressively: tracks below No. 5 after 78 weeks; No. 10 after…

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In 2025, Hip-Hop Died and Was Reborn

The story of Drake fading and a lyrical resurgence is also the story of hip-hop falling away from its commercial peak while experiencing a rebirth.

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Consequence broke the news in 20 hours ago on Thursday, December 18, 2025.

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